AFPM Communications

Last spring,11-year-old Q’yaron Gadsonrode his bicycle up to a neighbor mowing his lawn to ask if he could assume the job that summer to gain work experience.

Anyone who has dropped their smartphone into a sink, pool or mud puddle can recall the flash of dread that occurs when the devise splashes into the water.

At only 21 years old, Matt was diagnosed with heart valve disease — a condition he was able to manage with the help of doctors and medicines for nearly a decade.

The convenience of online ordering and that feeling of Christmas every day when opening your packages are brought to you by diesel fuel.

If it wasn’t for petrochemicals, not only would March Madness lose some of its madness, but the sport as we know it today would look very different.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) President and CEO Chet Thompson released the following statement ahead of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) negotiating meetings in Mexico City beginning today

Family and friends come together to see one of the most watched American television broadcasts of the year. Did you know that petrochemicals play a key role in this main event?

Though consumers buy gasoline locally, prices for the fuel are largely determined by the global market for crude oil from which it is made.

From the insides of computers, to the plastic exterior of smart phones, to the insulating coating on nearly every single wire of our electronic devices, petrochemical products are critical to enabling the innovation and disruptive technological advancements that make our world and lives better.